Meaning of ABOUT ONE'S EARS in English

ABOUT ONE'S EARS

= around one's ears {adv. phr.} To or into complete collapse, defeat, or ruin; to the destruction of a person's plans, hopes, or happiness. * /They planned to have factories all over the world but the war brought their plans down about their ears./ * /John hoped to go to college and become a great scientist some day, but when his father died he had to get a job, and John's dreams came crashing around his ears./ Compare: ON ONE'S HEAD.

EARS — about someone's ears The political system of this country fell down about the government's ears — Вся политическая система страны …Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского